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He's a player. And she's the goal… Ethan Taylor is unbeatable on and off the field. Being the star of the Marshall College soccer team – and hot as hell – has its perks. But when tragedy strikes, Ethan flies straight out of South Carolina and to the intimidating halls of Hemden University, where even his Southern charm can’t melt the stiff British upper lips… Mia Meyers has never had much luck with people. Having always been a bookish wallflower, junior year abroad could be her one chance to step into the spotlight. So, when Mia realises that she’s not the only student from Marshall across the pond this year, she is determined that no one will get in the way of her new life – not even Ethan Taylor. But why is it that Ethan’s infuriatingly sexy green eyes can’t stop staring at her, and why doesn’t she want him to look away? They may be far from friends at home, but under the spires of Hemden, could this striker score her heart? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008804435 • Author: Elle Kelk • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 cm

Oaths were made. Magic was stolen. War is raging. Can love endure that which it was born to destroy? It has been four years since the rebellion started. War is raging. Now known as the fierce Light Wielder, Jovie must use her power to end the war between her once beloved communities - or burn them to the ground trying. As rumours of a new darkness rising begin to rumble, Jovie will need to look to the past for answers. But is she willing to sacrifice her soul - and her heart - to secure her Kingdom's destiny? From BookTok sensation Rachel Schneider comes the spellbinding conclusion to the must read romantasy Metal Slinger - told in dual POV, expect political intrigue, forbidden love, and plenty of spice ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399634021 • Author: Rachel Schneider • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Hardback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.8 x 4.8 cm

Perfection is a spell. It’s time to break it. Andromeda Wildwood is practically perfect in every witch way. As the proud owner of a bustling London bakery, Annie’s life is a haze of pink, magic and impossibly high standards. She devotes her powers to pleasing others, no matter the magical toll it takes. But Annie’s charmed existence is about to get delightfully messy . . . Annie is tasked by her coven with mentoring a troubled teenage witch, and she couldn’t be more different from fiery, stubborn Maeve. Or from Hal, the gruff but handsome owner of the woodland cottage where they must temporarily reside. As the unlikely trio slowly bond, outside forces begin to take an interest in Maeve’s extraordinary powers. Will Annie risk everything to protect the true magic she’s finally found? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035045525 • Author: Lucy Jane Wood • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 13.3 x 2.8 cm

You know the most dangerous kind of villain? A woman with nothing left to lose. In a world ruled by the Stars, cruel and merciless gods, Elara has been cursed by fate. A prophecy promises she will fall for a Star, but that it will kill them both. Yet when the Star of Wrath and War descends to hunt Elara, the neighbouring kingdom sees an opportunity to take her from her home, the Kingdom of Night, to Helios, Kingdom of Light. Where she strides straight into the arms of an enemy prince. There, Elara is forced to either let Prince Lorenzo train her into a weapon worthy of battling against the tyrannical reign of the Stars, or to accept her fate. But there are shadows even within the Kingdom of Light – and they threaten to reveal the darkness in Lorenzo’s past and the ancient magic that slumbers in Elara’s veins. And with it all, the undeniable, star-crossed pull between them... ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405974479 • Author: Imani Erriu • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

You think you know what happened that night But the truth is far more dangerous … WHAT IF A MEMORY COULD GET YOU KILLED? Imagine the past returning to you in fragments. A hotel room, a pillow, a lifeless body. Your ordinary, innocent life upended by one flash of memory. You can’t remember what led to the crime. All you know is that you must return to the scene, to the clues that lie waiting in Room 11. But this is a mystery that goes far beyond that room, that night, that murder. Are you ready to unlock the truth? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008607883 • Author: Matthew Blake • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

He's tracking people down one by one And you're next on the list… A MAN MURDERED, LIVE ON CAMERA When a DVD is delivered in the dead of night, DCI Cara Elliott hits play on a horrifying showreel of violence… This is death, on demand. A KILLER COUNTING DOWN Avid viewers are paying for the killings, with twisted specifications. A request, an abduction, a murder. And always in a forty-eight-hour pattern. A MISSING DETECTIVE But when the killer finds out they’re being investigated, they reveal their next target. In forty-eight hours, a police officer will be the one in front of the camera. The hunters have become the hunted, and the clock is ticking… ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008615154 • Author: Sam Holland • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

THE DETECTIVE DI Nikki Galena: A police detective with nothing left to lose, she’s seen a girl die in her arms, and her daughter will never leave the hospital again. She’s got tough on the criminals she believes did this to her. Too tough. And now she’s been given one final warning: make it work with her new sergeant, DS Joseph Easter, or she’s out. HER PARTNER DS Joseph Easter is the squeaky-clean new member of the team. But his nickname “Holy Joe” belies his former life as a soldier. He has an estranged daughter who blames him for everything that went wrong with their family. THEIR ADVERSARY is a ruthless man who holds DI Galena responsible for his terrible disfigurement. THE TOWN is being terrorised by gangs of violent thugs, all wearing identical hideous masks. Then a talented young female student goes missing on the marsh and Nikki and Joseph find themselves joining forces with a master criminal in their efforts to save her. They need to look behind the masks, but when they do, they find something more sinister and deadly than they ever expected . . . THE SETTING The Lincolnshire Fens: great open skies brood over marshes, farmland, and nature reserves. It is not easy terrain for the Fenland Constabulary to police, due to the distances between some of the remote Fen villages, the dangerous and often misty lanes, and the poor telephone coverage. There are still villages where the oldest residents have never set foot outside their own farmland and a visit to the nearest town is a major event. But it has a strange airy beauty to it, and above it all are the biggest skies you’ve ever seen. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805733614 • Author: Joy Ellis • Publisher: Joffe Books • Format: Paperback

They all share a secret. But only one knows the truth. Who will be the first to break? Tess enters the prestigious and exclusive Ravensthorpe Writing College with dreams of literary greatness, but soon discovers that ambition comes at a cost. Drawn into a tight-knit group with fellow writers Ethan, Theo, and Jaz, Tess’s world is upended when their charismatic tutor is found dead. Believing someone in their circle is responsible, Tess flees the elite literary world and abandons the future she once craved. Three years later, an enigmatic invitation to walk the Camino de Santiago offers Tess a chance to uncover the truth. Reunited with her former friends, including Ethan, now a literary star, Tess realises the past isn’t finished with her. Someone knows what really happened that night, and they’ll do anything to keep it buried. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008772475 • Author: Lisa Walker • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

Introducing Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope. The Crow Trap is the first book in Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope series – which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, Vera. Everyone has something to hide . . . Three very different women come together at an isolated cottage on the North Pennines to complete an environmental survey. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal . . . Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover and boss. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. And then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, hiding plenty of her own secrets. Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, but when she gets there she is shocked to discover an apparent suicide. But then another death occurs, and a fourth woman enters the picture – the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, who must piece together the truth from these women’s tangled lives . . . ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529049893 • Author: Ann Cleeves • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback

From the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Quicksilver comes a contemporary dark romance. What happens in the dark never stays in the dark. As one of Seattle’s most dangerous, feared men, Zeth Mayfair has always carried out the jobs he’s sent on without a second thought. Drugs? Guns? Dirty money? They’re all fair game. But when Zeth’s employer crosses a dangerous line, Zeth’s usually uncomplicated life suddenly becomes very complicated indeed. And his biggest complication goes by the name of Sloane Romera. Sloane is desperate to find her missing sister, but all doors leading into the seedy underworld that took her are firmly closed in Sloane’s face. Sloane’s a trauma doctor: she wants information, a diagnosis, a plan. What she really needs is help … but she’ll also need to pay a price. Zeth is terrifying, scandalously hot and comes fully loaded with a terrible attitude and wicked smile. He also looks like he’s Sloane’s only hope. Getting his help will require Sloane to risk everything … including her heart. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399754781 • Author: Callie Hart • Publisher: Hachette UK • Format: Paperback

A dark mafia retelling of Snow White. Perfect for fans of H D Carlton, Emily McIntire and Sadie Kincaid. RED AS BLOOD I never wanted to be part of his life. I am the law, and he is everything I’ve vowed against. But every time I see him, I can’t help but imagine what I want him to do to me. He has a reputation. A dark possessive side. I know he’d hurt me. But maybe that’s what I want… WHITE AS SNOW I never wanted to hurt her. She should’ve known to stay away from me. But there’s something about her innocence that I desire. My loyalty should be to my family. And she does not fit in my world. Yet the taste of her purity is too tempting. Just one drop and I promise, that’ll be enough… ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008759445 • Author: Mairi MacMillan • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

Welcome to Keeper Island, the private Caribbean paradise where the cocktails are chilled, the guests are not, and new manager Lola is hoping nothing messes up her badly needed fresh start. Her previous job in Hong Kong ended in tears – and quite a lot of blood – so she's come to Keeper to lie low, as well as to provide the gold-star service the resort's spoiled one-percenters expect. Her only connection to her previous life now is her old mentor and new boss, Mike Moxham. But no secret is truly safe forever. When Moxham is found dead less than a day after her arrival on the island, the rules Lola uses for working with the super-rich quickly become rules for survival: Be prepared for anything. Trust no one. Because she might be next… ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781526672445 • Author: Nicola Martin • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc • Format: Paperback

THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE MUCH-LOVED DOVER CAFE WWII SAGA SERIES Dover, January 1942 The war is closing in on every shore, and when Marge Atkinson is assigned to an elite group of Wrens, chosen to teach war games to naval officers, it seems like the perfect distraction from her heartbreak over Rodney Castle. Until she discovers who her new commanding officer is. Years ago, Captain Thomas Bennett destroyed her family, and now she vows to get her revenge - no matter the consequences. Meanwhile, at Castle's Café, Nellie is trapped in a dangerous bargain. Allowing Lou Carter to stash black-market contraband in her café basement seemed harmless enough at the time. But when a sinister man arrives, threatening her family and demanding she store some mysterious boxes, she has no choice but to agree. Because if she doesn't, her grandchildren could pay the price . . . ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781785129100 • Author: Ginny Bell • Publisher: Bonnier Books UK • Format: Paperback

Catching a killer has never been harder. Denbigh Asylum is nothing more than a disused, rundown building, the playground of bored local teens. But when one group discovers a body there, DI Ruth Hunter is called in to investigate. Leads suggest the murder might be linked to a modern slavery ring trafficking. Or was the victim killed because of a toxic relationship they were in? But then there’s another murder and it becomes clear that something bigger is at play and more lives are at stake. Can Ruth find the killer before they escape and disappear forever? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781835981894 • Author: Simon McCleave • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback

Can their love survive the battles they’ll have to face? Maggie Evans is living with her parents at their docklands pub in Southampton when the GIs arrive to support the British troops in 1943. She’s never met anyone like American Steve Rossi, and it’s hard to resist his good looks and easy confidence. But there’s another side to Steve, and when he pulls a knife during a fight, Maggie begins to wonder what other secrets he’s concealing. Joshua Lewis is everything Steve’s not: kind, considerate and honest. And he’s black. When he and Maggie become friends, Steve’s true colours are revealed; he’s a bigot as well as a dangerous criminal. Maggie realises only just in time that it’s Joshua, not Steve, she loves. But can she and Joshua make a go of it in a world set against them? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805734390 • Author: June Tate • Publisher: Joffe Books • Format: Paperback

Escape to Willow Ridge with a deliciously addictive, grumpy cowboy, steamy romance! Crossing off her bucket list was easy ― until she fell for him. Cherry Hensley is determined to make her last summer in Willow Ridge count. With a bucket list full of wild ideas Cherry is ready for anything… Except Duke Bennett. The town’s hottest bartender ― and her brother’s best friend ― is way too tempting to resist when he offers to be her partner-in-crime. Enlisting Duke’s help was supposed to be harmless; she’s known him all her life. But every moment together makes Cherry feel more alive than anything on her bucket list. Will they hold the line between lovers and friends? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008757519 • Author: Emma Lucy • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback

We regret to announce the tragic death of Phoebe Fredericks… When crime novelist Phoebe opens the post and receives an invitation to her own funeral, she’s horrified. Not least because the date of her death is marked as tomorrow. Deciding it’s nothing more than a prank from an enemy from her past, she determines to put it to the back of her mind. But the next morning, when her completely infuriating postman (who likes to think himself her no.1 literary critic) rings her doorbell, a parcel of poisoned pen-nibs explodes in his face. Forced to confront the fact her correspondence is more RIP than RSVP, Phoebe realises someone must want her dead. Together with the newly-formed Village Detectives – Juno, Mil and Felix – Phoebe resolves to find out who is behind the poison pen letters before they strike again and her fate is signed, sealed and delivered! ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781807347178 • Author: Fiona Walker • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback

Set in the Yorkshire Dales during the 19th century, The Miner's Wife by Diane Allen is a sweeping historical saga novel. Nineteen-year-old Meg Oversby often dreams of a more exciting life than the dull existence she faces at her family’s farm deep in the Yorkshire Dales. Growing up, she’s always sensed her father’s disappointment at not having a son to help with the farm work. So when Meg dances all night at the local market hall with Sam Alderson, a lead miner from Swaledale, a new light enters her life. Sam and his brother Jack show Meg a side to life she didn’t know existed. But when her parents find out, she’s forbidden from ever seeing them again. Although where there is love, there is often a way. When Meg’s uncle offers her the chance of helping to run the small village shop, she leaps at the opportunity, seeing it as a way to escape the oppressive family farm and see more of her beloved Sam. But as love blossoms, a darker truth emerges and Meg realizes that Sam may not be the man she thought he was . . . ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781509895212 • Author: Diane Allen • Publisher: Macmillan Distribution Limited • Format: Paperback

A delightful queer cottagecore romantasy full of friends-to-lovers romance, found family, rival family drama, and cozy garden magic. Yael is the only heir to one of the wealthiest families in the realm, destined for a life of power and privilege. But that’s not the life they want, and so, chafing at their family’s restrictions and expectations, they flee in search of a grand adventure. Margot, plant witch, tea lover and stressed greenhouse owner, has never felt further from adventure in her life. Since her grandmother died and her family fortune was stolen she’s been desperately trying to keep what remains of the family business afloat. So, when her childhood friend – and former crush – unexpectedly gallops back into her life, it makes sense to offer them a job and a place to lie low. In amongst harvesting strawberries for heartbreak jam and some totally, absolutely harmless flirting, they form a plan to take back everything that was stolen from Margot. But can their fragile arrangement survive their swiftly-blooming attraction? Not to mention the machinations of scheming parents determined to get Yael back – no matter the cost. ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804966433 • Author: Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Paperback

She’s here to sell his ranch, but he might steal her heart… When English wellness influencer Rory Jones inherits her great aunt’s ranch in Colorado, her plan to fix-up and sell-up ASAP hits a snag. Grumpy head rancher Wyatt Hensley isn’t willing to let a yoga-loving, manifestation guru who doesn’t even know how to ride a horse ruin his ranch. But when Rory faces up to the fact she hasn’t got anything to rush home for, they strike up a deal that might just save both their jobs. Can they keep things strictly business, or will their hearts take the reins instead? ​​​​​​​Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008757472 • Author: Emma Lucy • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback